Silver Valley: Miss Denton speaks to Civitan club

By Karen CoppleyCorrespondent

Published: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 5:10 p.m.

Callan Loflin, Miss Denton 2013, spoke to the Silver Valley Civitan Club at their Oct. 14 gathering. Loflin adopted the Firefighters Children's Burn Center Fund at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital as her focus project during her reign. Poised and confident, she has organized a benefit golf tournament for two years that has raised more than $27,000 for the fund. The 2013 tournament required over 100 hours of her effort and is her high school senior project. Loflin was inspired to pursue a career in medicine after her father suffered severe burns. She shadowed a doctor this past summer that included the observation a burn patient's surgery. She has also been a volunteer at a camp for burn victims. Civitan Brenda Everhart arranged the program. The club hosted the Civitan Fall Area meeting on October 15 at Piedmont Crossing Retirement Community in Thomasville. The club had 14 representatives at the assembly of seven clubs. Silver Valley Civitan has received a shipment of 888 pounds of Claxton Old Fashioned Fruit Cake. This holiday treat is available from members at $4 per pound in one and two pound sizes. This is the 55th consecutive year the club has sold Claxton Fruit Cake to fund community service projects.

Operation Christmas Child is underway at the churches on the Tabernacle United Methodist Charge. Packing a shoebox for a child is a wonderful way to begin the holiday season. Shopping for your shoebox is like adventure, finding those special items to fit in the shoeboxes can be challenge. Please all your packed shoeboxes at the churches on Sunday November 10. They will be blessed and taken to their first leg of their trip to that child awaiting these special boxes.

Pleasant Grove United Methodist will be cooking BBQ Chicken this weekend. The plates are $8 per plate which includes 1/2 BBQ chicken, potato salad, slaw, roll and dessert. Tickets can be purchased by calling 336-472-2507.

Halloween is almost here. Remember to watch out for cars stopping and children walking along the streets. Have a safe and fun Halloween!

<p>Callan Loflin, Miss Denton 2013, spoke to the Silver Valley Civitan Club at their Oct. 14 gathering. Loflin adopted the Firefighters Children's Burn Center Fund at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital as her focus project during her reign. Poised and confident, she has organized a benefit golf tournament for two years that has raised more than $27,000 for the fund. The 2013 tournament required over 100 hours of her effort and is her high school senior project. Loflin was inspired to pursue a career in medicine after her father suffered severe burns. She shadowed a doctor this past summer that included the observation a burn patient's surgery. She has also been a volunteer at a camp for burn victims. Civitan Brenda Everhart arranged the program. The club hosted the Civitan Fall Area meeting on October 15 at Piedmont Crossing Retirement Community in Thomasville. The club had 14 representatives at the assembly of seven clubs. Silver Valley Civitan has received a shipment of 888 pounds of Claxton Old Fashioned Fruit Cake. This holiday treat is available from members at $4 per pound in one and two pound sizes. This is the 55th consecutive year the club has sold Claxton Fruit Cake to fund community service projects. </p><p>Operation Christmas Child is underway at the churches on the Tabernacle United Methodist Charge. Packing a shoebox for a child is a wonderful way to begin the holiday season. Shopping for your shoebox is like adventure, finding those special items to fit in the shoeboxes can be challenge. Please all your packed shoeboxes at the churches on Sunday November 10. They will be blessed and taken to their first leg of their trip to that child awaiting these special boxes. </p><p> Pleasant Grove United Methodist will be cooking BBQ Chicken this weekend. The plates are $8 per plate which includes 1/2 BBQ chicken, potato salad, slaw, roll and dessert. Tickets can be purchased by calling 336-472-2507. </p><p>Halloween is almost here. Remember to watch out for cars stopping and children walking along the streets. Have a safe and fun Halloween!</p>